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Originally Posted by rob72
Well... your right about one thing. Real Italian food has pretty much no relation to what is sold as "Italian food" in the US. Especially the abuse of Garlic which real Italians use only very sparingly.
But other then that I totally disagree. American 'Italian' food is *junk*.
Ohh and my wife *is* true Italian (born and raised) and I lived 5 years in the US (mainly in the NYC area), so I am familiar with true Italian food and that sold as Italian food in the US.
But as with anything when visiting a foreign country, if you want to have the real experience you need to avoid the tourist traps. You need to go where the locals go to get the good food.
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I always wondered why the best pizza shops were owned and operated by Greeks, until I saw a show on HD that said they invented the pizza. Spaghetti I knew the Chinese invented, but I didn't know that about pizza. I was even more surprised to find out Lydia wasn't born in Italy.